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Note: [boggs.FTW] J. R. C. Boggs' death certificate indicates that the cause of death was "valvular heart trouble". Joseph R. C. Boggs was a member of Co. A, 15th Georgia Regiment, having joined in Atlanta in July 1861. He was captured at Gettysburg, PA on July 3, 1863. The Roster of Confederate Soldiers of GA lists J. R. C. Boggs as being wounded at Garrett's Farm, VA 6/27/1862, captured at Gettysburg, PA 7/3/1863, paroled at Point Lookout, MD 10/11/1864, and received at Cox's Wharf, James River, VA 10/15/1864. He was in prison at Fort Delaware and Point Lookout, VA from July 1863 until October 1864. Later, he was carried to Richmond, VA. Then he was paroled and went home to the Wilkes/Oglethorpe Co, GA area on a furlough. While at home, he apparently married Mary Ann (Molly) Dorough on November 26, 1864 in Oglethorpe Co., GA. He stayed at home until he was notified that he had been involved in a prisoner exchange and was to return to his unit. While on his way back, he wrote a very personal, touching letter home to his new bride. This letter was included with his application for his Civil War pension to support the fact that he was not absent from his unit due to desertion. While on his way back to his company, he had reached Danville, VA when he heard of the surrender (on April 9, 1865) at Appomattox. J. R. C. Boggs was apparently wounded during the war also. According to supporting papers filed with his pension application. He was reported to suffer from "chronic ulcerations of both legs" and "chronic exzema which extended over the whole body". These were reported to have been the result of old wounds which "terminated...in blood poisoning". His left arm was almost useless due to the loss of several bones in his hand and finger, also from the war wound.
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